Garment hanger



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ATTORNEYQ Patented July 31, 1951 UNITED STATES PAT ENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Lester B. Meyerhoif, Elkins Park, Pa., assignor of one-half to Natalie R. Meyerhofi, Elkins Park, Pa.

Application September 5, 1946, Serial No. 694,983 g 7 Claims. (01. 223-92) This invention relates to an improvement in garment hangers, and more particularly to hangers from which light garments are suspended, such as childrens dresses, ladies dresses,slips and other articles of apparel of the type disclosed in my application Serial No. 633,701, filed December 8, 1945, which resulted in U. S. Patent No. 2,467,141, dated April 12, 1949.

One of the objects of my invention is the provision of a hanger having a substantially rigid body portion, from which garment-supporting arms extend, and which is preferably formed of duplicate parts, between which the arms and supporting hook are retained.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a body forming member which can readily be formed by die casting metal, or molded from plastics, and formed with means for positioning the arm forming members as Well as the supporting hook, and arranged in such a manner that the members can be properly positioned in one of the body forming members, after which the other member is placed thereon and secured in position.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a body for the hanger, having means for positioning the neck opening of a garment on the hanger.

Having thus described, in a general way, the nature and purpose of this invention, I will proceed, for illustrative purposes, to a detailed description of several forms of hangers in accordance with my invention, in which:

have been broken off just beyond the body member;

Fig. 3 is a view similar'to Fig. 2 of another form of body forming member;

Fig. 4 is a sectionalview on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2, through the assembled members;

Fig. 5 is a side, elevation of the body member shown in Fig. 1, on a larger scale, with the arms and hook member broken off close to the body forming members;

Fig. 6 is a face view of the tip of a hook such as shown in Fig. 1, in which the ends of the wire are clamped together by means of' an envelope forming a Fig. '7 is a face view of a blank for enclosing the tip of a hook, as shown in Fig. 6.

In each of the three forms shown, the head or body portion is formed of two members A, A, from which garment supporting arms B, B extend from opposite sides thereof, and C is the hook, by which the hanger is hung from a suitable support.

In the form shown in Fig. 1, a strip of wire, of the proper length, width and thickness to form a hanger having the desired length, is provided to form the garment supporting arms and hook, and the ends of the wire are secured to each other, as by dipping in solder as indicated at ID, or in any other suitable manner, thus forming a closed loop. The hook C is then shaped into a suitable form, and the wire loop is then positioned in one of the members A.

The body is formed of two similar cylindrical disc members A, each being provided with an annular flange [4, shown in dotted lines, the depth of which is one-half, or a fraction more than one-half, the thickness of the wire. These flanges are slotted at three places the full depth of the flanges, through which the leaves forming the arms B and the hook forming portions of the continuous wires extend; the width of the slots being slightly greater than twice the thickness of the wire, so as to accommodate two thicknesses of wire therein. The center of each body forming member A is provided with an opening for the reception of a rivet 15, or other securing means, whereby the leaves forming the arms B and hook C are secured in the body A.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the interior of one of the members A for forming a body, adapted for positioning a small dress on the hanger, by engagement with the sides of the neck opening in the dress; and mounted'within the body member A are the leaves for forming the arms B and the members for forming the hook C, which have been broken off a short distance beyond the body.

Each body member A is also provided with an annular-like flange Ml, which is slotted for the reception of the arm and hook forming members B and C, respectively, in which they are fixedly held against movement, when the two body forming members A are secured to each other. Each of the body forming members A is also provided with a flange I 6 at its edge slightly greater than one-half the depth of the wire, the flanges merging into the annular flange MI. The flange I6 is cut away at l8 to provide two relatively large openings for the leaves formingthe arms formed of a single piece of wire, the ends of the" upper leaves abutting against an abutment member 22 in the body forming members A.

Interposed between leaves of wire within the annular flange I42 is a strip of spring metal 24, which will resist the downward movement of the upper leaf of the arms B, when loaded.

In the structure shown in Fig. S'the supporting hook C is formed of a separate piece of heavy wire, preferably round, and is provided with a head member 26 for retaining the hook between the body members A.

In Fig. 6 I'have shown theends of the wire at the end of the hook, secured to each other by means of ametal envelope28'bent about the ends of the wire, the blank from which the envelope is formed being shown iirFigfl.

If desired, the ends of the wires encased in an envelope may also be dipped insolder.

If desired, the envelope for encasing the ends of the hook"iormingportionsof the hanger, may be of sufficient length to cover at least the entire length of the'bent portions of the hook, forming a reinforce for suchportions of the hook, and

thereby avoid any 'tendenoytto straighten out heads or'bo'dies may be varied in shape as well as in size, and particularlythe forms shown in Figs. 2 an'd'S may be'vari'edto form-varied sized 'c'enteringmeans for the'nec'kppenings in dresses a'nd'the like. v

What I claim and "desire "tojprotect' by Letters Patent is:

1. A garment hanger havinga body formed of two members, resilient garment supporting arms extending from between "the "body members "and from opposite sides thereof,- at leastone of the 'body members being provided with spaced pro- 'jections extending toward the' other *body--member, each arm having.ontwardly'andinwardly extending portions disposed .one above -the-other and connected by a curved loop at'the outer end of the arm, the inner ends of the arm portions being closely spaced and seated in the space between the body projections for retaining-the inner ends in fixed relation to each other and to the body, and means for'secur-ing the body members toeach other for retaining the'arms between the body members.

2. A r garment hanger. rhavingia body: formedwof -two members, resilient garment; supporting arms extendingv from between the :body; members and *from opposite sides thereof, atileast one oi.;the -bodymembers being 'provided with 1 spaced, projections extending toward the. other body mem- "ber, each arm havingroutwardly; and-inwardly ex- 4 and connected by a curved loop at the outer end of the arm, the inner ends of the arm portions being closely spaced and seated in the space between the body projections for retaining the inner ends in fixed relation to each other and to the body, a supporting member extending outwardly from between the body members, and means for securing the body members to each other for retaining the arms and the supporting member between the body members.

3. A garment hanger having a body formed of two members, one of said body members being provided with oppositely disposed slotted arm securing members, oppositely disposed arms of resilient wire of greater width than thickness extending from between the body members, each arm having an upper and lower portion whose outer ends are connected to each other by a curved portion and whose inner ends are seated in the slots in the arm securing members, the broad faces .of the portions of the arms being parallel to each other in transverse directions throughout their length from the body and in horizontal planes when in use, and means for securing the body members to each other to retain the arms fixedly therebetween.

4. .A garment hanger having a body formed of two members, one of said body members being provided with oppositely disposed slotted arm securing members, oppositely disposed arms of resilient wire of greater width than thickness extending from between the body members, each arm having an upper and lower portion whose outer ends are connected to each other by a curved portion and whose inner ends are seated in the slots in the arm securin members, the broad faces .of the portions of the arms being parallel to each other in transverse directions throughout their length from the body and in horizontal planes when in use, the outer broad faces of the upper andlower portions of the arms engaging the ,side walls of the slots, a flat spring nes'tedjbetween the upper and lower portions of the arms between thebody members and extending beyond both slots for reinforcing the inner ends of the upper portions of the arms, and means for securing thebody members to each other for retaining'the arm'portions and the sprin in fixed position between the body members.

5. A garment hanger havinga body formedof two members, one of said body members being provided with oppositelyjdisposed slotted arm securing members,,oppositely disposed arms of resilient wire of'greater width than thickness extending from between .the' body members, each arm having an upper and lower portion whose outer ends are ,connected to each other-by a curved portion andwhoseinner ends-are seated 'i'ntthe slots in the arm securing membersthe broad jfacesoof the portions of the arms being parallel to each other inxtransverse directions throughout their-length from the body andin horizontal planes when in use, portions of the body extending beyond the arm securing members adapted to enter the neck opening of the garment for centeringthe garment on the hanger and means'for securing the bodymembers to each other for retaining theinner ends of the arms vthereloetween and in fixedirelation thereto.

A garment hanger: having a 'body formed 7 of two members, one of said body members being provided with,oppositely .di sposed.slottedarm securingmembers, oppositely ,disposedarms of. re-

silient wire of. greater width than thickness extendingiportions dispcsedconesabove .the other 7; tending from between the body memberseach arm having an upper and lower portion whose outer ends are connected to each other by a curved portion and whose inner ends ar seated in the slots in the arm securing members, the broad faces of the portions of the arms being parallel to each other in transverse directions throughout their length from the body and in horizontal planes when in use, portions of the body extending beyond the arm securing members adapted to enter the neck opening of the garment for centering the garment on the hanger, means for maintaining the portions of the body extending beyond the arm securing members sufliciently spaced to permit free movement of the portions of the arms therebetween, and means for securing the body members to each other for retaining the inner ends of the arms therebetween.

'7. A garment hanger having a body formed of two members, one of said body members being provided with oppositely disposed slotted arm securing members, oppositely disposed arms of resilient wire of greater Width than thickness extending from between the body members, each arm having an upper and lower portion whose outer ends are connected to each other by a curved portion and whose inner ends are seated in the slots in the arm securing members, the broad faces of the portions of thearms being parallel to each other in transverse directions throughout their length from the body and in horizontal planes when in use, portions of the body extending beyond the arm securing members adapted to enter the neck opening of thegarment for centering the garment on the hanger, a supporting member extending outwardly from between the body members, and means for securing the body members to each other for retaining the inner ends of the arms and the supporting memv ber therebetween.

LESTER B. MEYERHOFF.

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